Alexander Henry HOCKING

HOCKING, Alexander Henry

    Service Numbers: Not yet discovered
    Enlisted: 26 October 1915, Liverpool
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 33rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Summerstown, Surrey, England, 21 December 1885
    Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Bank Clerk
    Died: Natural causes, East Roseville, New South Wales, Australia, 27 November 1956, aged 70 years
    Cemetery: Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
    Cremated
    Memorials: Sydney Reserve Bank of Australia (Commonwealth Bank) Honor Roll WW1
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    World War 1 Service

    26 Oct 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool
    20 May 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 36th Infantry Battalion
    24 Aug 1916: Involvement 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
    24 Aug 1916: Embarked 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney
    30 May 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 36th Infantry Battalion
    12 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 36th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, GSW left leg
    30 Apr 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 33rd Infantry Battalion
    1 Oct 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 33rd Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", GSW jaw and fractured forearm (severe)
    8 Jan 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HT Orsova, England for invaliding to Australia - disembarking 25 February 1919 for quarantine, being released on 4 March 1919.
    8 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 33rd Infantry Battalion

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